Our main man: Hugh Jackman has come out as the most popular celebrity on the annual Encore Score list. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images

King ‘Kyle’ Sandilands and Shane Warne have made it, while Australian pollies have avoided being included in the bottom 10 firing line of the annual and often amusing Encore Score popularity list.

The always reliable boy from Oz, Hugh Jackman, leads the ‘top’ charge as Australia’s most popular celeb, while Pete Evans, Eddie McGuire and Lara Bingle have made the not-so-popular cut.

Like he would care: Kyle Sandilands has made the latter end of the Encore Score celebrity popularity list. Picture: InstagramSource:Instagram

The Encore Score is touted as the go-to standard for ranking the popularity of and the public opinion of more than 400 celebrities within Australia.

With not an Instagrammer or self-anointed social media ‘influencer’ in sight, the list — which news.com.au has seen in its entirety — is made up of TV and radio hosts, celebrity chefs, sports people, actors, comedians, newsreaders and musicians.

A major change to the methodology this year is that the more than 5000 respondents were not shown pictures of the celebrities, only names. Politicians were not included this year so the list could present a truer representation of personalities available to brands.

The no-photo creed resulted in a marked difference in recognition percentages across the board.

Shane Warne has made it as the second least popular celebrities out of the Encore Score list of 400. Pic: Colleen PetchSource:News Corp Australia

“Once again, this year we’ve found the most popular celebrities are the ones that seem

approachable, genuine and who perform and create brilliantly in their chosen field.

“The data is telling us that being famous for famous’ sake isn’t enough to guarantee a positive image in the public eye: Those at the top represent genuine talent, success and style coupled with humility and accessibility.”

Other interesting points from the 2016 data include that those who work together don’t necessarily score together with comedy duo Hamish and Andy landing 117 positions away from the other at 34 and 151 respectively.

As well, being ‘local’ doesn’t always sway the supermarket war with international superchef and Woolworths’ ambassador Jamie Oliver 39 places higher than his local Coles counterpart Curtis Stone.

The only Gold Logie winner to see an increase in their Encore Score from 2015 to 2016 was 2016’s Waleed Aly.

•ENCORE TOP 10 2016

HUGH JACKMAN

JAMIE OLIVER

CHRIS HEMSWORTH

DAWN FRENCH

CATE BLANCHETT

NICOLE KIDMAN

REBECCA GIBNEY

RUSSELL CROWE

LIAM HEMSWORTH

Right up there on the most popular Encore Score list: Cate Blanchett. Picture: William Callan/Contour by Getty ImagesSource:Supplied